Historical Romance
From Goodreads:
The only thing worse than
being hand-fasted to the Devil of Jedburgh was falling in love with him.
Raised on rumors of The
Devil of Jedburgh, Breghan McAllen doesn't want an arranged marriage to the
beast. The arrogant border laird is not the romantic, sophisticated husband
Breghan dreams of—despite the heat he stirs within her.
In need of an heir, Arran
has finally agreed to take a wife, but when he sees Breghan's fragile beauty,
he's furious. He will not risk the life of another maiden by getting her with
child. Lust prompts him to offer a compromise: necessary precautions, and
hand-fasting for a year and a day, after which Breghan will be free.
For a chance to control her
own future, Breghan makes a deal with the Devil. Passion quickly turns to love,
but Arran still has no intention of keeping the lass, or making her a mother.
He loves her too much to lose her. But when a treasonous plot threatens queen
and country, Breghan has to prove only she is woman enough to stand by his
side.
The Devil of Jedburgh was just OK.
I liked the characters, especially Breghan. She was a strong woman who knew what she wanted and went for
it. Arran was an alpha male but I
found him to be a little too unyielding in his opinions and attitudes. The story had familiar elements and
Claire Robyns did her research before including historical elements. If I had a problem with the story it
was with historical political elements.
The elements were correct but they seemed to be inserted without any
build up and only included to provide an element of danger to Arran. I would have liked to see them part of
the story from the first. In a
romance it is not the destination but the journey and I found the journey to be
a little uneven. Even so, all in
all it was an entertaining historical romance.
Carina Press published The Devil of Jedburgh by Claire
Robyns in 2012.
I got The Devil of Jedburgh as an eARC from Net Galley.
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